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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2307833, member: 19065&quot;]I just procured this piece from John Anthony. This is his image:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20HADRIAN/18.Hadrian_zpsddsvpezo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have only a few Ancient pieces in my collection, but have been considering how I would present them as I add pieces to my collection. I already use a template for U.S. and World coins, which is primarily over a black background, but employs some tricks with Photoshop layers to give the illusion the coin is under a spotlight and slightly floating off the surface, and mirrored on the ground before it. Here are two examples:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Coins%20-%20Morgan/1897_1USD_the_flyer_dollar_1600pxl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Coins%20-%20ASE/1993ASEPCGSMS67nolabel_zps3df9b8be.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, for Ancients, I don&#039;t think the above style works as well. A stark black background is powerful and works, and pure white is very honest to the image and is useful online, if not a bit border-less and plain.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20HADRIAN/Hadrian-RIC-II-44_02_zps5lunnpbi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20HADRIAN/Hadrian-RIC-II-44_00_zpswbcvx8te.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, what I have been considering is adding a touch of color to ground, even brand, the image with a new look to that of my other layout. A pale, soft color that would work with any coin composition without being too distracting, easy on the eyes but without intruding upon the region of the coin image. I came up with the following, which is sharply opposite my pieces on black, a bit different using a color, with a gradient rather than a solid block to offset the cataloging and reference numbers and which gives away to the white backdrop the coin rests on.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20HADRIAN/Hadrian-RIC-II-44_01a_zpsm83pd7e9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like how the title is in bold Copperplate slightly more in the white, and the obv/rev details are in regular face type moving into the blue-grey gradient. Perhaps I&#039;ll do some further tweaking with the scale of the fonts and proportions of the image file, but this may be close to the style I&#039;ll go with. Perhaps a wire frame to outline the borders is necessary with white backgrounds, when used on forum posts. I note also that the color isn&#039;t so dissimilar to that of the CT look-and-feel. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See what you think from the comparisons above, at least as fodder for how differenet backgrounds make a difference to a coin image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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